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单词 disparaging
释义

disparaging

adjective

dis·​par·​ag·​ing di-ˈsper-i-jiŋ How to pronounce disparaging (audio)
-ˈspa-ri-
: meant to belittle the value or importance of someone or something : serving or intended to disparage someone or something
a disparaging term/word
disparaging comments from ordinarily sane and sympathetic critics … Isaiah Berlin
Legally, I also can't say anything about the company that could be construed as disparaging. Chuck Klosterman
disparagingly adverb
a term often used disparagingly
People in my field … have a tendency to take lightly and often disparagingly the efforts of workers in the so-called social sciences. Lewis Thomas

Synonyms

  • belittling
  • contemptuous
  • decrying
  • degrading
  • demeaning
  • denigrative
  • denigratory
  • deprecatory
  • depreciative
  • depreciatory
  • derisory
  • derogative
  • derogatory
  • detractive
  • disdainful
  • pejorative
  • scornful
  • slighting
  • uncomplimentary
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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1596, in the meaning defined above

disparaging 1 of 2

adjective

as in slighting
intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value disparaging comments about the lack of talent among the musical performers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • slighting
  • insulting
  • derogatory
  • belittling
  • demeaning
  • uncomplimentary
  • degrading
  • contemptuous
  • derogative
  • pejorative
  • disdainful
  • scornful
  • denigratory
  • malicious
  • abusive
  • deprecatory
  • detractive
  • decrying
  • depreciative
  • depreciatory
  • critical
  • hateful
  • derisory
  • libelous
  • venomous
  • slanderous
  • maligning
  • nasty
  • slandering
  • unkind
  • scurrilous
  • denigrative
  • vilifying
  • defamatory
  • spiteful
  • cruel
  • despiteful
  • libellous
  • malign
  • opprobrious
  • calumnious
  • scathing
  • malevolent
  • envious
  • virulent
  • caustic
  • mean
  • bitter
  • malignant
  • aspersing
  • denunciatory
  • jealous
  • resentful
  • catty
  • rancorous
  • acrimonious
  • acrid
  • jaundiced
  • denunciative

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • laudatory
  • commendatory
  • positive
  • complimentary
  • admiring
  • approving
  • friendly
  • adulatory
  • respectful
  • appreciative
  • applauding
  • kind
  • sympathetic
  • laudative
  • kindly
  • warm
  • kindhearted
  • warmhearted
  • unmalicious
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disparaging

2 of 2

verb

present participle of disparage
as in dismissing
to express scornfully one's low opinion of disparaged polo as a sport for the idle rich

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dismissing
  • minimizing
  • diminishing
  • denigrating
  • criticizing
  • belittling
  • derogating
  • discounting
  • deprecating
  • decrying
  • denouncing
  • depreciating
  • bad-mouthing
  • condemning
  • trashing
  • disliking
  • dissing
  • trash-talking
  • talking down
  • running down
  • scolding
  • crying down
  • dumping on
  • discrediting
  • playing down
  • poor-mouthing
  • writing off
  • abusing
  • vilipending
  • slandering
  • maligning
  • vilifying
  • kissing off
  • putting down
  • defaming
  • disgracing
  • censuring
  • slurring
  • discommending
  • ripping
  • traducing
  • aspersing
  • reprobating
  • reprehending
  • disapproving (of)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • praising
  • lauding
  • applauding
  • exalting
  • approving
  • endorsing
  • glorifying
  • favoring
  • recommending
  • magnifying
  • acclaiming
  • indorsing
  • extolling
  • commending
  • sanctioning
  • complimenting
  • countenancing
  • eulogizing
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